The morning fog continues to be encased in the head of the circus of Lescun while we ascend with the car on the way to the French refuge of L’A abérouat. They are just five kilometers of revolts that shake the stomach to such early hours. We have left Pony, The ancient capital of the kingdom of Aragon, At half past six in the morning to avoid traffic cuts in the port of Somport by the breakthrough, The busy cycling march that is celebrated today by these Pyrenean roads.
After the tunnel that joins Spain with France by the N-330, The vegetation becomes more lush and the most humid atmosphere, Because as Ozores won the green begins in the Pyrenees. After three quarters of time en route, Already in Gallic territory, We have diverted left in the direction of the people of Lescun. A flock of sheep gets in our way and reminds us that here the priorities are other. The detour to the shelter (Little more than an hour from Jaca) It is indicated at the entrance of the small mountain municipality.
A flock of sheep gets in our way and reminds us that here the priorities are other
The morning is still fresh at this time and a slight breeze accentuates the detemple more. We left the parking lot of shed of L’Abérouat shortly before eight in the morning. We are a 1.440 meters of altitude and separate three kilometers and 250 meters of unevenness of the Cabaña de Ardinet through the very beautiful Lagrave bosque. Our destination is the Anie (2.504 meters), An unmistakable rock pyramid in the landscape of this Pyrenean region, but the first figure that draws our attention is the hegemonic presence of the peak Billare.
incomprehensibly, In a bifurcation of the path (The correct direction is indicated by a bulky milestone) We deviate to the left and end in the riverbed, What makes us waste some time, forcing us to climb up the slope when we reach a small waterfall to get out of the forest and meet again with the right path, Just at the height of a small cabin under stone cliffs.
From L’Abérouat, 3,5 km y 250 meters of slope separate us from the Ardinet cabin through the beautiful forest of Lagrave
From there to Ardinet cabin (1.689 meters) There are just a few minutes. It has cost us to arrive 1 time and 25 minutes, A little more than expected due to confusion with the path. But here we find good news (that I had not read in any of the reviews consulted) in the form of a fresh water source that, eg, We would have avoided charging in the backpack with the full cantimplo. Here, In summer season, You can buy artisan manufacturing cheeses.
From this, in the direction of the Anie pass Our reference is the Countendé peak, Always above our heads while we rapid quickly height, Now, For a ravine in which the first refuses appear. They are almost 400 Metters of slope by karst terrain hardened by a sun, that in full heat wave, Punishes without clemency, especially considering that a shadow upstairs is not atized above.
The sun, In full heat wave, Punishes without clemency, especially considering that a shadow upstairs is not atized above
At ten in the morning we reach the hill (2.080 meters) And we stop to eat something next to an iron cross that, a few meters higher, The witness delivers to another white cross, This wood, Already in the Cimera skirt of the Countendé, that we soon left behind us to continue on a long half hillside that travels the accused pending of the west face of the Anie.
Several Neveros must be crossed in which it is forced to extreme precaution. Although I do not wear canes (Crampones and Piolet are not necessary on these dates), It is easy to keep balance and mark the footprint on singing, Because snow is not hard at this time. Is, certainly, The most spectacular part of the tour, where the circus opens in this calcareous kingdom before coinciding with the route that rises from the Navarra aspect of Blackberry, Much more busy by Basque and Navarrese mountaineers.
In the pronounced half hillside that travels the accused pending of the west face of the Anie
At the end of the half hill we reach a small natural terrace, unbeatable viewpoint of the Mesa de los Tres Reyes and The party, From which the southern face of Anie is attacked, now with more company. This final part of the Cimera pyramid is something hard, Because legs are missing after the winter break, But soon we reached the summit (3 hours 45 Minutes from the L’A abérouat refuge, although in good shape and without mistake the route can be done in much less), where a stone inscription accounts for the denomination of the peak in Basque: Auñamendi. From below we have saved just over a thousand meters of unevenness.
Oldness, We have uploaded a wine boot so far (A reconstituent that over the years has been erased by isotonic drinks) And we put some drinks that, With these views, They know even better. Twenty minutes later we undertake the return. I have never liked the busy peaks. The mountain is, especially, loneliness. Or so at least I understand her. We pass without novelty the Neveros (Although now the snow is much more broken down) And in time and twenty, At a good pace, We are again in Ardinet's cabin, where the reunion with the fresh water of the fountain is memorable because the heat does not give truce.
Oldness, We have climbed a wine boot to the top, A reconstituent that over the years has been erased by isotonic drinks
After a few minutes of rest in the sun (Even the forest is an impossible task to find a shadow) We resume the march and before three in the afternoon we arrive again to the refuge of L’A abérouat (2 hours 45 minutes from the top of the Anie). It only remains to finish the day as it deserves: With very cold beer jugs in Electrician, the other side of the border.
